Archive [ 2015 May 21 ]

Qarase Claims $600K More
NEWS

Qarase Claims $600K More

Former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase is claiming further entitlements totalling $637,926.36 relating to expenses fo...

Committee Starts Selection Process
NEWS

Committee Starts Selection Process

The National Flag Committee met yesterday to begin the process of going over the more than 1400 entries submitted du...

Land For Squatter Residents
NEWS

Land For Squatter Residents

The Nasinu Land Purchase and Fiji Muslim League has given 10 acres of their land to be subdivided for relocation of ...

Bus No Service
Coconut Wireless

Bus No Service

Yesterday most of the workers who usually catch the 7am Mead Road bus to Walu Bay were late. There was no 7am bus. W...

What A-G Said About Qarase Claim
NEWS

What A-G Said About Qarase Claim

This is the text of the answer provided by the Attorney-General and Minister for Finance Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to a qu...

New Partners Help, Says Ratu Inoke
NEWS

New Partners Help, Says Ratu Inoke

The release of our Fijian peacekeepers last year from the Al Nusra rebels in the Golan Heights was possible through ...

Kumar Promises FEA Help
NEWS

Kumar Promises FEA Help

Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) consumers can transit from Fiji (FEA) power supplied electricity to cash power elec...

Speaker:  A-G In Committee
NEWS

Speaker: A-G In Committee

Speaker to Parliament Dr Jiko Luveni has said Attorney- General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum can be part of the Privileges Co...

Media Appear Before Committee
NEWS

Media Appear Before Committee

Journalists appeared before the Privileges Committee on Tuesday afternoon. The Committee is chaired by the Deputy Sp...

Vodafone Boost, Acquires Datec
SUNBIZ

Vodafone Boost, Acquires Datec

Vodafone Fiji Limited has confirmed 100 per cent acquisition of IT company, Datec (Fiji) Limited. Vodafone Fiji boar...

Fiji Airways Damaged Airbus Flown To Brisbane For Repairs
SUNBIZ

Fiji Airways Damaged Airbus Flown To Brisbane For Repairs

The Fiji Airways Airbus A330-200 (Island of Namuka-i-Lau) involved in the tarmac incident the past Saturday is now i...

EU Proposes To Stop EPA Talks For Three Years
SUNBIZ

EU Proposes To Stop EPA Talks For Three Years

The European Union has proposed to stop the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the...

Signs Of Recovery At PAFCO As It Upgrades Facility
SUNBIZ

Signs Of Recovery At PAFCO As It Upgrades Facility

Exciting times are ahead for Government’s Pacific Fishing Company Limited as it begins to recover from it once ail...

Push For Resource Mobilisation
SUNBIZ

Push For Resource Mobilisation

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has urged Asia-Pacific government...

New Traffic Flows At Fiji Ports Terminals
SUNBIZ

New Traffic Flows At Fiji Ports Terminals

Fiji Ports Terminal Limited is formulating a new traffic flow system at all its shipping ports in a bid to comply wi...

Paradise Beverages Rewarded For Health And Safety Excellence
SUNBIZ

Paradise Beverages Rewarded For Health And Safety Excellence

Coca-Cola Amatil’s Fiji-based Paradise Beverages was recently awarded Best Practice in OHS Management for the Corp...

Congestion Along Makoi To Be Expected
SUNCITY

Congestion Along Makoi To Be Expected

Motorists travelling along the Makoi and Omkaar stretch in Nasinu should be expecting a slow flow in traffic this mo...

Police Posts To Run Solar
SUNCITY

Police Posts To Run Solar

The Deputy Commissioner of Fiji Police (Operations), Isikeli Vuniwaqa says that all police posts in Fiji should be r...

Witness Explains Cash Cheques, Resignation
NATION

Witness Explains Cash Cheques, Resignation

An accomplice witness has told the court he resigned from his former employer after he received threats from the dir...

Yauvoli Meets Indonesian Delegation
NATION

Yauvoli Meets Indonesian Delegation

The Pacific Island Development Forum’s (PIDF) interim Secretary-General, Amena Yauvoli yesterday met an Indonesian...

Security Checks For Fruit Fly Pest
SUNCITY

Security Checks For Fruit Fly Pest

Security checks have been instituted at Oinafa Jetty on Rotuma to prevent the spread of fruit flies into Fiji. The f...

EDITORIAL: Japan Recognises The Real Pacific Wway, Leadership
Sunvoice

EDITORIAL: Japan Recognises The Real Pacific Wway, Leadership

Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola rightfully pointed out in Parliament yesterday that Fiji was considere...

Letters To The Editor, May 21, 2015
Letters

Letters To The Editor, May 21, 2015

7s rugby not ‘pani’ Timoci Gaunavinaka, Nausori Some critics are saying that Fiji’s victory in winning the IRB...

FOCUS: PM’s Continuing Japan Message
NEWS

FOCUS: PM’s Continuing Japan Message

Honourable Ministers, Honourable Parliamentary Vice Ministers, Honourable Members of the Japanese Parliament, The Ch...

Commissioner Western Visits Provincial Offices
NATION

Commissioner Western Visits Provincial Offices

Members of the Provincial Development Board have been meeting with the Commissioner Western Manasa Tagicakibau to di...

Troops Arrive From Baghdad
NATION

Troops Arrive From Baghdad

Simione Morisi, 42, orginally from Navosa, was among soldiers of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) troops ...

Corporal Tabisa Sets Family Record
NATION

Corporal Tabisa Sets Family Record

Corporal Frances Tabisa says her strong family upbringing, spiritual belief and stern military background allowed he...

Gold And Water Carnival Committee Hands $3K Donation
NATION

Gold And Water Carnival Committee Hands $3K Donation

The committee of the Vodafone Gold and Water Carnival handed-over goods worth $3000 yesterday. As part of their effo...

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